And now the CEO of VW is the next to fall as a result of poor decision making within the ranks of the company. From USA Today: Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned on Wednesday as the company grapples with an emissions cheating scandal, though he denied any personal wrongdoing. “I am shocked by the events of the past few days. Above all, I am stunned that misconduct on such a scale was possible in the Volkswagen Group,” Winterkorn said in a statement. “I am doing this in the interests of the company even though I am not aware of any wrongdoing on my part.”